Chapter XIV
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_Barnacles_, _Breys_. An instrument used in breaking horses. A rebus of Sir REGINALD BRAY, architect of St. George's Chapel, Windsor, and repeatedly represented there: No. 216.
_Baron._ The lowest rank in the British Peerage. A Baron is "Right Honourable," and is styled "My Lord." His coronet, first granted by Charles II., has on a golden circlet six large pearls, of which four appear in representations, as in No. 217. An Irish Baron has no coronet. All a Baron's children are "Honourable."
_Baron._ A purely heraldic term signifying a _husband_, a _wife_ in Heraldry being _femme_.
_Baroness._ A lady in whom a Barony is vested by inheritance in her own right; also, the wife of a Baron. In either case she is "Right Honourable"; is styled "My Lady," and her coronet is the same as that of a Baron.
[Illustration: No. 216.--Breys.]
[Illustration: No. 217.--Circlet of a Baron's Coronet.]
_Baronet._ An hereditary rank, lower than the peerage, instituted in 1612 by JAMES I., who fixed the precedence of Baronets before all Knights, those of the Order of the Garter alone excepted. As originally created, all Baronets were "of Ulster," or "of Nova Scotia"; afterwards all new creations were "of Great Britain"; now all are "of the United Kingdom." The "Badge of Ulster," generally borne as an augmentation upon a canton or small inescutcheon, is--_Arg., a sinister hand, couped at the wrist and appaumée, gu._,--No. 215. The arms of Nova Scotia, which may be (but seldom are) similarly borne on a canton or inescutcheon, are--_Arg., on a saltire az., the Royal arms of Scotland_. (See No. 138.) By letters patent of JAMES I., the wives of Baronets have the titles of "_Lady_, _Madam_, or _Dame_," at their pleasure prefixed to their names.
_Barrulet._ The diminutive of a Bar.
_Barrulée_, _Barruly_. Barry of ten or more pieces.
_Barry._ Divided into an even number of Bars, which all lie in the same plane: Nos. 85, 86.
_Barry Bendy._ Having the field divided by lines drawn _bar-wise_, which are crossed by others drawn _bend-wise_: No. 119.
_Bar-wise._ Disposed after the manner of a Bar,--crossing the field, that is, horizontally. The term _fessways_ is more usually employed.
_Base._ The lowest extremity: No. 27, B.
_Basilisk._ A cockatrice having its tail ending in a dragon's head.
_Basinet._ A helm fitting close to the head.
_Baton._ A diminutive of the bend, couped at its extremities.
_Battled_, or _Embattled_. Having battlements, or bordered, as No. 38, F.
_Beacon_, or _Fire Beacon_. An iron case of burning combustibles set on a pole, against which a ladder is placed.
_Beaked._ Applied to birds, not of prey.
_Bearer._ An old Scottish term for a _Supporter_.
_Bearing_, _Bearings_. Armorial insignia, borne on shields.
_Bell._ Drawn, and generally blazoned as a _church-bell_, unless specified to be a _hawk's-bell_.
_Belled._ Having bells attached.
_Bend._ One of the Ordinaries: Nos. 111-115.
_Bendlet._ The diminutive of a bend: No. 117.
_Bend-wise_, or _In Bend_. Placed in the position of or arranged in the direction of a bend.
_Bendy._ Parted bend-wise into an even number of divisions: No. 116.
_Besant._ A golden "Roundle" or disc, flat like a coin: No. 151, and No. 140.
_Billet._ An oblong figure of any tincture: _Billetée_--strewn with "Billets": Nos. 130, 146.
_Bird._ Many Birds appear in blazon, and they are represented both in heraldic tinctures and "proper"--in their natural aspect. (See Chapters VIII. and IX.)
_Bird-bolt._ An arrow with a blunt head.
_Bishop._ The Bishops are "by Divine permission," and are styled "Right Reverend Father in God," and "My Lord Bishop." The Bishops of England and Wales are not Peers but are all "spiritual lords" of Parliament, some of the junior Bishops, however, having no seats. The Suffragan Bishops are merely assistant Bishops, and are not Lords of Parliament. The heraldic insignia of Bishops consist of _a mitre_ and _pastoral staff_; they impale their official and personal arms, as do the Archbishops; and, like them also, they bear no crests, but they ensign their shields with a mitre.
_Blasted._ Leafless, withered.
_Blazon._ Heraldry: Armorial Compositions. "To blazon" is to _describe_ or to _represent_ any armorial Figure, Device, or Composition in an heraldic manner. _Blazoning_--_Describing_ in heraldic language: also, _representing_ in an heraldic manner. _Blazonry_--the representation of any heraldic Figure, Device, or Composition. But the distinction is in practice usually made to employ the word "emblazon" in cases of representation.
[Illustration: No. 218.--Water Bouget.]
[Illustration: No. 219.--Bourchier Knot.]
_Boar._ In Heraldry occasionally termed _Sanglier_.
_Bordure._ A Subordinary: Nos. 139, 140. Also, an important "Difference." (See Chapters XII. and XIII.)
_Botoneé_, _Botoneé Fitcheé_. Varieties of the heraldic Cross: Nos. 103, 110. This Cross is also termed _Trefleé_.
_Bouget_, or _Water Bouget_. A charge, representing the vessels used by the Crusaders for carrying water. The word is an early form of Bucket. Fine early examples occur in the Temple Church, at Beverley Minster, and in a monument at Blyborough, Lincolnshire: No. 218.
_Bourchier Knot._ The badge of the Bourchier family represented in No. 219.
_Bourdon._ A palmer's or pilgrim's staff. (See _Pilgrim's Staff_.)
_Bow._ The archer's weapon, in all its varieties of form, is a charge.
_Bowed._ Having a convex contour.
_Bowen Knot._ No. 220.
_Braced._ Interlaced.
_Breys._ Barnacles, _q.v._
_Brisure_, or _Brizure_. Any difference or mark of cadency.
_Buckle._ See _Fermaile_.
_Burgonet._ A helm worn in the sixteenth century.
_Cabossed_, or _Caboshed_. The head of a stag, or other horned animal, represented full-faced, so as to show the face only: No. 170. In the case of a lion or leopard when the head is so represented it is termed the face.
[Illustration: No. 220.--Bowen Knot.]
[Illustration: No. 221.--Caltrap.]
_Cadency, Marks of._ Figures and devices, introduced into armorial compositions, in order to distinguish the different members and branches of the same family. (See _Difference_, and